transfering SPD cleats to different shoes

My bike shoes are worn out, and I have an extra pair of warm hiking
boots that I want to use for winter cycling. Is it possible to remove
the metal plate and cleat hardware from the bike shoes and install them
into the hiking boots? Has anyone ever tried this, or know of any
relevant links to sites that could explain how to do this? Thanks in
advance.

On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 21:53:34 GMT, Gary Smiley
wrote:

My bike shoes are worn out, and I have an extra pair of warm hiking
boots that I want to use for winter cycling. Is it possible to remove
the metal plate and cleat hardware from the bike shoes and install them
into the hiking boots? Has anyone ever tried this, or know of any
relevant links to sites that could explain how to do this? Thanks in
advance.


You probably could do it, but I doubt the boots will have the sole
stiffness to work well as cycling shoes. The cleats may pull out of
the boot sole in a short time as well.

Barry

"Gary Smiley" wrote in message
...
My bike shoes are worn out, and I have an extra pair of warm hiking
boots that I want to use for winter cycling. Is it possible to remove
the metal plate and cleat hardware from the bike shoes and install them
into the hiking boots? Has anyone ever tried this, or know of any
relevant links to sites that could explain how to do this? Thanks in
advance.


http://www.phred.org/~josh/bike/boots.html

Gary Smiley writes:

My bike shoes are worn out, and I have an extra pair of warm hiking
boots that I want to use for winter cycling. Is it possible to
remove the metal plate and cleat hardware from the bike shoes and
install them into the hiking boots? Has anyone ever tried this, or
know of any relevant links to sites that could explain how to do
this?

Take the old bicycle shoes and your hiking boots to the local
shoemaker if you can find one. I have a good one here but that
doesn't help you. You need the support sole in the bicycle shoe to
make this work. A reasonable shoemaker can extract the stiff soles
and install them in your boots and glue their boot sole-with-a-hole
back in place. Shoemakers have amazing glues. Just don't breathe
that stuff for long.

Do it!

Jobst Brandt

"Gary Smiley" wrote in message
...
My bike shoes are worn out, and I have an extra pair of warm
hiking
boots that I want to use for winter cycling. Is it possible to
remove
the metal plate and cleat hardware from the bike shoes and
install them
into the hiking boots? Has anyone ever tried this, or know of
any
relevant links to sites that could explain how to do this?
Thanks in
advance.

For a revue of winter cycling footware
http://users.rcn.com/icebike/Clothing/footwear.htm
for cleat mounting hardware
http://www.freewheel.com/mvw/shoes.html

And you can also try triathelon transition pedals with straps and
some velcro on the boots. This is a bit pricey but a couple years
ago Tony Torti on the Winter Cycling List (see Icebike website)
said he was getting good results. Basically the cleat goes on the
transition pedal and your boot is strapped into the transition
pedal which is just acting as cleat mounting hardware.

I bought the transition pedals and straps but found my feet warm
enough with oversize Sidi Storms with heavy wool socks and several
layers of neoprene toe/shoe covers and booties. I still haven't
got around to testing them and this winter's looking too warm so
far.

I also switched to Eggbeaters at about that time and maybe that
makes it s tiny bit warmer than SPDs.

Doug
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Gary Smiley wrote in message ...
My bike shoes are worn out, and I have an extra pair of warm hiking
boots that I want to use for winter cycling. Is it possible to remove
the metal plate and cleat hardware from the bike shoes and install them
into the hiking boots? Has anyone ever tried this, or know of any
relevant links to sites that could explain how to do this? Thanks in
advance.

Gary, please let us know what you find & how it turns out. I have a
pair of bike shoes that don't fit well and a winter pair of hiking
boots...

Doug
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